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E 25) 24
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Assessment Test for the The number 26 is an even number, but it isn’t ⁄3 of the socks are white. There are 36 socks in
a multiple of 3 or a multiple of 7, so it can’t be total, so the number of white socks is 2⁄3 of 36.
CEM Test — Maths placed in the sorting table. 1
⁄3 of 36 = 36 ÷ 3 = 12
14) C So 2⁄3 of 36 is 2 × 12 = 24 socks
Section A
When you reflect the clear pentagon in a 26) D
1) D horizontal line it looks like this: n is the number of the term. Test each formula
There are 8 segments and 3 are shaded. by substituting different values for n.
This is the fraction 3⁄8. E.g. for option D: n – (n + 1):
2) 34 minutes When n is 1: 1 – (1 + 1) = 1 – 2 = –1.
The slowest time was 156 minutes and the fastest The only option where the clear pentagon looks When n is 2: 2 – (2 + 1) = 2 – 3 = –1.
was 122 minutes. 156 – 122 = 34 like this is option C. When n is 3: 3 – (3 + 1) = 3 – 4 = –1.
15) 72 minutes So n – (n + 1) is the correct formula.
3) B
You need to find the piece that is the right size Work out the length of time that the journey 27) C
and shape to fit in the gap. Shape B is the only takes on each bus. On Bus A the journey takes For Julie to have shared the carrots equally, whilst
shape that fits in the gap. 9:44 to 10: 44 = 60 minutes having none left over and not having to divide
plus 10:44 to 10:56 = 12 minutes. any, the number of rabbits must be a factor of the
4) A 60 + 12 = 72 minutes. number of carrots, 70. The only option that is a
A small can of beans weighs around 250 g. On Bus B the journey takes factor of 70 is 5 (70 ÷ 5 = 14).
All of the other weights are either too small 11:39 to 12:39 = 60 minutes
or too large. 28) D
plus 12:39 to 12:48 = 9 minutes.
Four squares north takes Adam to (–1, 2). Two
5) B 60 + 9 = 69 minutes.
The journey on Bus A is longer, so the longest squares east takes him to (1, 2).
212 is 21 × 21. You can estimate the answer by
rounding the numbers to the nearest 10 and time is 72 minutes. 29) D
working out 20 × 20. 20 × 20 = 400. 16) A 3(p + 6t) means:
The only realistic option is B: 441. When you multiply two odd numbers together p + 6t + p + 6t + p + 6t = 3p + 18t.
6) B you always make an odd number. So 113 × 115 30) 68%
For B, the dial is split into 8 parts and 1 kg will give an odd number as the answer. To find a percentage you need to write an
is at the 4th point, halfway round the scale. 17) A equivalent fraction over 100.
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This means each point on the scale represents: Silver, purple and blue were each chosen once, ⁄50 people had a blue car and when you multiply
1 kg ÷ 4 = 250 g. gold and green were each chosen twice but red the numerator and denominator in 16⁄50 by 2 you
As the arrow is pointing at the 3rd point, it is was chosen three times, so red is the most popular. get 32⁄100 = 32%.
pointing at 3 × 250 g = 750 g. The percentage of people who didn’t have a blue
18) 9 car is 100% – 32% = 68%
7) 9 m Ester won 32 prizes altogether, so subtract the
To find the length of 20 scarves you need to number she won on the other days from 32 to Section B
multiply 45 cm by 20: 45 × 20 = 900 cm. find the number she won on Thursday:
There are 100 cm in 1 m, so 900 cm = 9 m. 1) C
32 – 5 – 8 – 4 – 6 = 9
Add the prices of the sets of three board games
8) 145.75 cm 19) D together. You need to find the option that adds
The difference between 145.6 and 145.9 is Look at each statement and decide if it’s true: up to £30.00 – £0.50 = £29.50.
145.9 – 145.6 = 0.3. A: 3⁄4 = 75⁄100, so 7⁄100 isn’t greater than 3⁄4. This is easiest if you split the numbers and add
0.3 ÷ 2 = 0.15 so the halfway point between the B: 7⁄100 = 0.07, so 7⁄100 isn’t greater than 0.65. the pounds and pence separately.
two numbers will be 145.6 + 0.15 = 145.75 C: 7⁄100 = 0.07, so 7⁄100 isn’t greater than 0.09. Blocks + Clueless + Trivia Time
9) 6 D: 3⁄4 = 0.75, so 0.65 is less than 3⁄4. = £12.50 + £6.50 + £10.50
Dogs have 21⁄2 symbols and fish have 1 symbol so E: 0.65 isn’t less than 0.09. = £12 + £6 + £10 + £0.50 + £0.50 + £0.50
the difference between them is 11⁄2 symbols. 20) B = £28 + £1.50 = £29.50
Each symbol in the pictogram is equal to 4 people. The cactus plants come in boxes of 12 and Lemone 2) £9.50
So half of a symbol is 4 ÷ 2 = 2 people. needs 60 plants, so she needs 60 ÷ 12 = 5 boxes. Two copies of Brainium cost £9.50 × 2 = £19.
11⁄2 symbols is equal to 4 people + 2 people The cost of 5 boxes is shown in the expression as Three copies of Trivia Time cost
= 6 people 5C. She needs to add this to the cost of the stall, £10.50 × 3 = £31.50
10) B S, so the complete expression is S + 5C. Together they cost £19 + £31.50 = £50.50.
Elsa has 7 + 8 + 3 = 18 sweets to start with. 21) 2 Jill paid with 3 × £20 = £60. The change she
She eats 2 chocolates, so there are 16 sweets left The total angle around the point at the centre of received was £60 − £50.50 = £9.50
(18 – 2 = 16). There are still 8 toffees left, so 8⁄16 the spinner is 360° and there are 8 sections, 3) 50 cm2
of the sweets left in the bag are toffees. Divide the so the size of each section is 360° ÷ 8 = 45°. The area of each square is length × width
numerator and denominator by 8 to find 8⁄16 = 1⁄2. 360° – 45° = 315° so the arrow is being turned = 4 × 4 = 16 cm2.
11) E in an anti-clockwise direction through 7 segments The area of 1⁄2 a square = 16 ÷ 2 = 8 cm2.
The y-axis is the vertical axis so the coordinates of (8 – 1 = 7) which will leave it pointing at 2. 1 whole square + 3 halves
the reflected point A are (2, 2) (see the diagram). 22) D = 16 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 40 cm2
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y mirror line 25 × 4 = 100, so it takes 4 days to run She uses 2 half circles, so 1 circle in total.
4 100 miles. The number of days to run The total area of the circle is 10 cm2.
3 800 miles will be: 4 × 8 = 32 days. So, the total area is 40 + 10 = 50 cm2.
A 2 A This leaves 74 miles left over. 25 × 3 = 75, so it’ll 4) 4 m
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take 3 days to complete the last 74 miles. The area of each tile is 0.04 m2 and Moses uses
32 days + 3 days = 35 days
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100 tiles to cover the floor, so the total area of
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5

12) £45 23) 6 cm2 the bathroom is 100 × 0.04 = 4 m2.

If you add up the portions that Eloise, Lucinda You can work out the area of a rectangle by The area of the bathroom is calculated using
and Jennifer get all together, 5 + 3 + 2 = 10. finding length × width. length × width, so area ÷ width = length:
Calculate the amount in one share: So, the area of the flag is 6 × 4 = 24 cm2. 4÷1=4m
£150 ÷ 10 = £15 The flag is split into 4 equal rectangles, so the 5) 11 : 9
Eloise, Lucinda and Jennifer share the money in area of the shaded rectangle is 24 ÷ 4 = 6 cm2. White tiles occupy 55% of the floor while black
a 5 : 3 : 2 ratio. Lucinda receives a share of 3, and
24) D tiles cover 45%. Written as a ratio this is 55 : 45.
therefore gets 15 × 3 = £45 The highest common factor of 55 and 45 is 5.
46 is 23 doubled, so 46 × 14 is 23 × 14 doubled.
So 46 × 14 = 322 × 2 = 644 Dividing both sides by 5 gives the ratio in its
140 is 10 times larger than 14, simplest form, 11 : 9.
so 46 × 140 = 644 × 10 = 6440 sweets

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6) 1.8 m2 16) 4 25) 90 m
The total area of the bathroom is 4 m2. There are 7 adults who eat 1⁄7 of a cake each. You can substitute the values x = 10 and y = 2
10% of the overall area is 4 ÷ 10 = 0.4 m2 7 × 1⁄7 = 1 cake. There are 24 children who eat 1⁄8 into the expression from question 24.
and 5% of the overall area is 0.4 ÷ 2 = 0.2 m2. of a cake each. 24 × 1⁄8 = 24 ÷ 8 = 3 cakes 10 × 10 − 5 × 2 = 100 − 10 = 90 m
Therefore 45% of the total area is In total Sherrie needs 1 + 3 = 4 cakes Alternatively, substitute the values of x and y into
(0.4 × 4) + 0.2 = 1.6 + 0.2 = 1.8 m2. 17) 10 years the expression for one side of the pen
7) 120° 2 × 10 − 2 = 20 − 2 = 18 m
The plant needs to grow 0.5 m (2 – 1.5 = 0.5).
There are 5 sides to the pen so the total perimeter
Each angle in an equilateral triangle is 60°. It grows 0.025 m in 6 months.
is 18 × 5 = 90 m
The shaded angle is made up of angles from two There are 12 months in a year so it will grow
equilateral triangles, so it is 60° + 60° = 120°. 0.025 × 2 = 0.05 m in a year. 26) 33
8) 12 0.5 m ÷ 0.05 m = 10, so it’ll take the plant 10 Brian needs 50 m2 for every 3 sheep.
years to grow 0.5 m. You need to work out how many lots of 50 m2
In total, the girls have H + (H + 2) + 2H
18) 9 m there are in 555 m2.
handbags. If they have 26 handbags altogether,
555 ÷ 50 = 11 remainder 5. For every 50 m2
this can be written as: 26 = H + (H + 2) + 2H. The vertical sides of the shape measure
Brian can have 3 sheep. Since there are only 11
This is simplified to: 26 = 4H + 2. 1 + 6 + 7 = 14 m. So, the total of the horizontal
full lots of 50 m2, Brian can fit 11 × 3 = 33 sheep
Subtract 2 from both sides: 24 = 4H sides of the shape is 32 – 14 = 18 m.
in the pen. There is a remainder of 5 m2 which is
So H = 24 ÷ 4, so H = 6. The bottom horizontal line is equal to the 2 top
not big enough for one sheep.
Louise has 2H handbags. sides added together so the bottom horizontal line
2 × 6 = 12 handbags. is half of the remaining perimeter. 27) 136°
9) C The length of X (the bottom) is 18 ÷ 2 = 9 m. A kite is a quadrilateral so the angles in a kite
19) 58 m2 add up 360°. This means that the angle missing
Amy has H + 2 handbags.
in the kite is 360° – 130° – 130° – 56° = 44°
Georgina has 3 times this. Area of a rectangle = width × height.
Angles on a straight line add up to 180°, so
(H + 2) + (H + 2) + (H + 2) = 3H + 6 The house can be split up into two rectangles.
angle a is 180° – 44° = 136°
10) 91
28) C
£2.73 is made up evenly of 2p and 1p coins.
Round up 49p to 50p and 29p to 30p to
1p out of every 3p is a 1p coin, so 1⁄3 of the
make the calculations easier. Carrie bought
money is made up from 1p coins.
4 chocolate bars, so the approximate price of
£2.73 is 273p and 1⁄3 of 273 is 273 ÷ 3 = 91. The bottom rectangle has an area of
6 × 9 = 54 m2. these is 4 × 50p = £2. She bought 7 bags of
So, 91 coins are 1p coins.
The upper rectangle has an area of 4 × 1 = 4 m2. peanuts so the approximate price of these is
11) 30 7 × 30p = £2.10. £2 + £2.10 = £4.10.
The total area is 54 + 4 = 58 m2.
Girls Boys Total You rounded each item up by 1p and there were
Goals 4
20) 25% 11 items in total (4 + 7 = 11) so subtract 11p to
Saves 14 = (20 – 4) = 16 = (16 + 14) = 30
The total amount of paint used by Harry is find the exact total cost: £4.10 – 11p = £3.99.
3 + 4 + 5 = 12 litres.
Total 24 = (44 – 24) = 20 44 29) 8 hours
3 litres of this was red paint, so the fraction of
The table shows how to find the total number of red paint used is 3⁄12. 3⁄12 is simplified to 1⁄4 by Start by making sure everything is in the same
saves. Start by working out the boys’ total goals dividing the numerator and denominator by 3, units — there were 2 litres of water, so change
and saves (20). Then use this to find the number and 1⁄4 = 25% (25% × 4 = 100%). this to millilitres by multiplying by 1000:
of the boys’ saves (16). Add this to the girls’ 2 × 1000 = 2000 ml. There are 5 holes
21) A each losing 50 ml each hour, so the amount of
saves to find the total number of saves (30).
The diagram shows the flag when it has been water being lost each hour is: 5 × 50 = 250 ml.
12) 5000 reflected in the y-axis. Divide the total volume of water by the amount
The length of each matchbox is 5 cm. This will fit The coordinates of point P are now (–3, 3). being lost each hour to find the number of hours
along one side of the box 50 × 5 = 10 times. 5
y
it’ll take to empty: 2000 ÷ 250 = 8 hours
The width of each matchbox is 2 cm. This will fit 4

along one side of the box 50 × 2 = 25 times.

P 3
P
30) 120 minutes
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So one layer of matchboxes 1 If one hole is stoppered then only

= 10 × 25 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5
x
4 × 50 = 200 ml of water will be lost per hour.
2000 ÷ 200 = 10 hours.
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= 250 matchboxes. -2

The height of each matchbox is 1 cm, so the

-3 This is 10 − 8 = 2 hours more than when all
5 holes are losing water. 2 hours is
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box is high enough to fit 20 ÷ 1 = 20 layers -5

of matchboxes in it. So the total number of 60 × 2 = 120 minutes.

22) B
matchboxes = 20 × 250 = 5000
n is the number of the term. To find the first
13) 125 000 term, substitute 1 for n in the expression 3n2 + 1
In question 12, it was calculated that there were (remember to follow BODMAS):
5000 matchboxes in the packing box. If there 3 × 12 + 1 = 3 × 1 + 1 = 3 + 1 = 4
are 25 matches in each match box, there are To find the second term, n is 2:
5000 × 25 matches in the packing box in total. 3 × 22 + 1 = 3 × 4 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13
You can calculate this by finding 25 × 1000 × 5. 23) 12 cm3
25 × 1000 = 25 000,
The volume of each cube of cheese is
25 000 × 5 = 125 000.
2 × 2 × 2 = 8 cm3.
14) £16 There are 3 cubes of cheese, so the total volume of
The cost of tickets for 2 adults and 2 children is cheese is 8 × 3 = 24 cm3.
£3.50 + £3.50 + £1.50 + £1.50 = £10 The mouse eats 12 cm3 of cheese, so the amount
A family ticket is 20% cheaper — left is 24 – 12 = 12 cm3.
10% of £10 is £1 so 20% is £2. 24) D
So a family ticket is £10 – £2 = £8
The regular pentagon has 5 sides that are all
Raj is buying two family tickets so the
(2x – y) m.
total cost is £8 × 2 = £16
5(2x – y) = 2x – y + 2x – y + 2x – y + 2x – y
15) 5 + 2x – y = 10x – 5y
The number of sausage rolls eaten by the children
is 24 × 3 = 72 and the number eaten by the
adults is 7 × 5 = 35. So the total number of
sausage rolls eaten is 72 + 35 = 107.
The sausage rolls come in packets of 25.
4 × 25 = 100, so Sherrie will need to buy
5 packets to have 107 sausage rolls.

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